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DISH-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,696, dated J' une 11, 1895.

Application siedAugust 2 18% To @ZZ whom zit may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR E. SHOBER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dish-Washing Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, and the gures of reference thereon, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my improved dishwashing machine. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the outsideor water receptacle. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the same taken on line 1 in Fig. 1, showing the corrugations. Fig. 5 is a side view of the dish-washing, machine with the inside receptacle sitting on the lid as it would be when draining the dishes. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the inside or dish receptacle, looking down on it at line 2, Fig. 5. Figs. 7 and 9 are details of the crank-shaft supports or standards. Fig. 8 is a bottom plan of the cove'r. Y

This invention relates to certain improvements in dish washing machines, and consists of the construction of the water and dish receptacles, and the arrangement of the operating parts.

Referring to the drawings 2 represents the water receptacle.

3 is the inside dish receptacle.

4 is a cover for the water receptacle.

5 is a bail secured to the dish receptacle, to

which is secured the arm 6, which is pvotally connectedto the hook. 7 by means'of the bolt 23. The hook 7 engages the crank 24 of the shaft 8 which is removably held by the arms 9 and 11 through the medium of the hole 25, and the slot 10.

12 is a crank for operating the machine.

13 represents guide ways or tracks on the inside of the water receptacle on opposite sides, in which the small wheelsl run. Said wheels 15 are secured to the opposite sides of the dish receptacle as shown in (Figs. 2, 5 and 6) and are for the purpose of guiding thedish receptacle as it moves up and down. The guide ways 13 diverge at 14 so as to enablethe Serial No. 519,285. (Nolmodel.)

operator `to more readily enter the wheels in the track 13.

16 represents a wire' bottom, in the dish receptacle located somewhat above the extreme lower edge of said dish receptacle.

17 is a wire across the dish receptacle for the purpose of preventing the dishes from lying i'lat on the wire bottom, 16.

18 represents corrugations in the water receptacle and are for the double purpose of strengthening it and providing a water passage way between the water and dish receptacles.

19 is a hole through the cover 4 which is for the double purpose of allowing the arm 6 to pass through, and when it is used as a drainer,

-to allow the Water to run through vinto the water receptacle.

2O are Water guide ways leading to the opening 19 in the cover 4..

2 is a flange around the cover, near the outer edge, to hold the said cover on the water receptacle, and when used as a drainer to prevent water running over the outside of the Water receptacle.

2l, represents a series of half round tubes secured to the inner surface of the dish receptacle, and are for the purpose of carrying the water from the bottom, up over the top and down on the dishes.

26 is a beater journaled in the bottom of the dish receptacle by means of the shaft 27 and is for the purpose of agitating the water, to form a suds.

28 is a faucet for drawingthe water from the water receptacle. A

In use, the soap and water are put in the water-receptacle and placed on the stove to heat. The dishes are then placed in the dish p receptacle after which it is lowered into the water. The crank shaft is then put in its bearings, after which the cover is put on. Then the hook is hung on the crank. The crank arm 12 is then turned, which will through the medium of the crank shaft 8, the hook 7, and arm 6 cause the dish receptacle to move vertically in the water receptacle. The moving up and down in the water will cause the beater to rotate thus agitating the water. As the dish receptacle goes down, the water will rush up between the outer and inner receptacles, over on the dishes, also up through the openings between the dish receptacle and the semi-cylindrical tubes 21, and over the dishes. When the dishes have been Washed the hook 7 is removed from the crank 24. The crank shaft is then taken out of its supports 9 and l1 and laid aside after removing the coveri. The dish receptacle is removed from the Water reoep tacle, when the cover is again put on the Water receptacle in an inverted position. When the dish receptacle and dishes are placed on the cover, the Water from the dishes will pass down on the cover 4 down the guide Ways 20 through the opening 19 into the receptacle 2 when the water is drawn ot by means of the faucet 28.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

In combination with a dish washing 1nachine having a water receptacle and a dish receptacle, of the guide ways 13, secured to the inner wall of the outer receptacle, in a vertical position, the wheels l5 secured to the sides of the dish receptacle, a beater 26 j ournaled beneath a false bottom in the dish rcceptacle, the dish supporting Wire 17, and the means for vertically moving the dish receptacle, substantially as shown and described.

ARTHUR E. SI-IOBER.

Witnesses:

C. W. MCCoY, C. S. CALDWELL. 

